Bush & The Kagans

Looks like Bush might take seriously the recommendations the Kagans have been offering for years: more troops, more troops, more troops. The Kagan family is always kicking around Yale, and I've recently had dinner with father and son (Don and Fred). They remain adamant that only a significantly larger American footprint in Iraq, coupled with an overall increase in the size of the U.S. military, offers any hope to pacify the country. Could this strategy still work? Perhaps in '03 or '04, but now? I think it might be worth a shot. I find Yglesias's take on it petulant and ill-reasoned: I'm always surprised by how litle worthwhile he has say to say about Iraq, while still keeping up an otherwise great blog...